When the first inning started with Zack Greinke inducing a GIDP from Mike Trout and was then followed by Howie Kendrick hitting a solo homer, you knew it was going to be that kind of day for the Angels. Two former Angels just torturing the Halos. Granted, Greinke did all the torturing from that point on, but […]

After opening the unofficial second half of the season with six straight wins, it was fair to assume the Angels had avoided their annual face plant immediately after the All-Star break. Ah, but how wrong we were. The Angels have now dropped six out of seven contests — four of those losses coming in games […]

Jered Weaver stepped on to the mound of San Bernardino’s San Manuel Stadium to face the Bakersfield Blaze in a rehabilitation assignment on Thursday, but it wasn’t the first time he had taken that hill. The first time would have been back in 2005 when he was a 22-year-old making the seventh start of his […]

Welcome to Second Guessing Scioscia, our look back at some of the questionable decisions that Mike Scioscia made in the last week. And, boy, there are some questionable decisions to be reviewed. In the history of this column, we have never once struggled for content. However, we aren’t anti-Scioscia. The official MWAH stance on Scioscia is pro-Scioscia overall. […]

Well, the Angels didn’t have their momentum ground to a halt by the All-Star break, no they waited a bit to have that happen in the form of a sweep at the hand of their new mortal foes, the Houston Astros. All that work the Angels did to catch the ‘Stros got swept right into […]

Look, we all know what happened in this game. We all know what happened in this series. We should all know that there is no cause for alarm, emphasis on “should.” Not nearly enough Angels fans demonstrated that after this game as the panic from the fan base was palpable. This was no doubt a […]

The Angels have a lot of exciting pitching prospects. Andrew Heaney and Sean Newcomb are the only arms that get any real national hype, but aren’t the lone pitchers of promise in the system. Guys like Nick Tropeano, Nate Smith, Chris Ellis, Jeremy Rhoades, and Tyler DeLoach are solid in their own right, and (along […]

The Angels have about 24 hours before the trade deadline and while they’ve already made three deals, they are still looking for more. Since they’ve already acquired most of the outfielders in baseball, they should now be turning their attention towards addressing their middle relief situation. Who could be on their way to provide some Angels […]

Facing the team your tied with atop the division, in their stadium, without your best player. I can’t think of a better time to have your ace on the mound. Unfortunately, I also can’t think of a worse time for that ace to turn in a clunker of a start, which is exactly what Garrett […]

We all wanted the Angels outfield to get an upgrade. Most of you wanted flash. Most of you wanted power. Most of you wanted substance. Most of you wanted a big name. Most of you are now disappointed, but you shouldn’t be. The Angels finally have the kind of outfield depth and versatility they haven’t had since, […]

Well, that didn’t go well. Can we just pretend that game didn’t happen? Every year each team has a handful of those games where everything goes wrong and they get their butt kicked. This was one of those games for the Angels. In fact, they’ve only allowed double-digit runs three times this year. Once was this […]

For the first time this season, the Angels and Astros face off with the Angels as the team leading the division. They also enter this showdown with both teams having made a big trade deadline move. Houston got Scott Kazmir and the Angels got… Shane Victorino, David Murphy and David DeJesus. OK, maybe “big” is […]